The other teen's parents moved to press charges against Hunt, and she was arrested in February and eventually expelled from Sebastian River High School.

By accepting the plea deal, Hunt would have been placed on house arrest for two years.

Julia Graves, the attorney for the Hunt family, read a statement shortly before noon Friday.

"Our client is a courageous teenager who is choosing not to accept the current plea offer by the state of Florida," Graves said. "It's a situation of two teenagers who happen to be of the same sex involved in a relationship. If this case involved a boy and a girl, we don't believe there'd be the media attention to this case. Our client's a model citizen. She's been placed in an environment of school with her classmates where they go to school together, they have lunch together, and play on the same team (and are) allowed to have communication and contact without barriers. Then when something develops between the two of them as a result of this environment which is created by the state, it leads to criminal prosecution."

Charles Sullivan, who's representing the family of the other teen, told WPBF 25 News' Angela Rozier that the family is not available for comment Friday. He also said he thought the plea deal was a reasonable one and that he was surprised Hunt didn't take it.

The polarizing case has drawn interest from national groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. Some local observers argue that the law is the law and Hunt should be prosecuted. Others believe her status as a high school student should be considered.

Hunt's family claims the now 15-year-old's parents turned Hunt in because they were angry about the same-sex relationship.

Standing beside her family's attorney Wednesday, Hunt made her first public comments since she was arrested.

"I'm scared of losing my life, the rest of my life and not being able to go to college or be around kids (or) be around my sisters and my family," she said.

State attorney Bruce Colton issued a statement Friday saying that his office "tendered an extremely lenient plea offer" that would have kept her out of jail and from becoming a sex offender.

"In fact, in all probability the defendant would have avoided being a convicted felon," Colton wrote, adding that he respects Hunt's decision and will prepare for trial scheduled to begin in July.

Hunt faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

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